Car bomb claims 20 in Pakistan
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March 9, 2011, Wednesday
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THE Taliban detonated a car bomb in Pakistan's third largest city yesterday, killing 20 people and wounding more than 100 others in an attack they said targeted the offices of the country's main intelligence agency.
The remote-controlled bomb also devastated a gas station and an airline office in Faislabad. Police said the offices of a "sensitive" security agency were nearby but were not damaged in the attack.
Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan said militants detonated the bomb by remote control and that the target was the Inter-Services Intelligence, a powerful agency that plays a major role in Pakistan's fight against Islamist militants.
He said the attack was revenge for the shooting of militant commander Omar Kundi in Faisalabad last year by security forces.
The bombing apparently caused secondary explosions at the fuel station, adding to the destruction, Faisalabad police chief Aftab Cheema said.
Pakistani TV footage showed piles of bricks and chunks of twisted metal from cars strewn across the neighborhood. Rescue workers struggled to pull victims out of the rubble.
Cheema said 20 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. "This was a terrorist activity," he said.
Faisalabad is the center of the country's textile industry.
The remote-controlled bomb also devastated a gas station and an airline office in Faislabad. Police said the offices of a "sensitive" security agency were nearby but were not damaged in the attack.
Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan said militants detonated the bomb by remote control and that the target was the Inter-Services Intelligence, a powerful agency that plays a major role in Pakistan's fight against Islamist militants.
He said the attack was revenge for the shooting of militant commander Omar Kundi in Faisalabad last year by security forces.
The bombing apparently caused secondary explosions at the fuel station, adding to the destruction, Faisalabad police chief Aftab Cheema said.
Pakistani TV footage showed piles of bricks and chunks of twisted metal from cars strewn across the neighborhood. Rescue workers struggled to pull victims out of the rubble.
Cheema said 20 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. "This was a terrorist activity," he said.
Faisalabad is the center of the country's textile industry.
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